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A Matter Of Survival
Having a machinist appear on a reality TV show is good for the profession.
A horrific, unexpected disaster leaves you trapped with a small band of fellow survivors in an abandoned downtown warehouse. Power, water and communication lines to the old building are cut off. It's up to you, as a machinist, and nine other strangers to figure out how to survive and create some sort of sustainable community. The group's only material resources are whatever meager supplies and tools happen to be lying around. Besides you, the group includes men and women with diverse backgrounds, such as a nurse, several engineers and scientists, a doctor, a building contractor and a handyman. Will your know-how as a machinist help the group survive?
These circumstances are the premise behind "The Colony," a reality TV show that originally aired in the summer of 2009 on The Discovery Channel (http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/colony.html). As a kind of controlled experiment simulating the likely aftermath of a world-threatening disaster, "The Colony" tested the physical, intellectual and psychological abilities of the 10 volunteers who took part.
The machinist on the series is John Valencia, an electronics technician who switched careers to become a machinist. Currently employed at Absolute Technologies Inc. in Yorba Linda, California, John joined the lineup of TV colonists for the 10 weeks of taping late in 2008. I talked to John about his experiences to find out what he learned and to get his insider's account of the experiment.
John told me that he was eager to join because he hoped it would put a positive spotlight on the practical skills that come with being a machinist. This, he hoped, would have two results: a greater awareness of the trade's importance to society and an influence on young people who might be attracted to careers in machining. Although his efforts in some of critical projects undertaken by the group didn't get the prominent show coverage given to other members (usually the ones who tended to "act up" in front of the camera), John was pleased that an underlying message came through—that making things, creating functional components, was an essential link between clever ideas and life-sustaining results.
John explained that, in the normal world, a machinist relies on good tools and materials. On the show, he had to make do with a few cutting tools and an old drill press that functioned as a makeshift milling machine and vertical lathe. He was able to turn down some of the repaired valve components that got the group's "get-away" truck running, for example. Another one of the "builds" he led was that of an oven the group could use to cook its meals. Although being tired and hungry all the time was one of the worst parts of the experience, John said that sharing these hardships created a bond between the cast members. That was one of the best parts.
I asked if being part of "The Colony" changed John's life. It really didn't, he assured me. "It did reinforce a sense of self that comes from applying know-how that no one else in the group could have provided," he said. Too bad more of the role played by a machinist didn't come out in the show. Even so, John's participation is something we can be proud of.


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Shhh…Listen to the whispers within.
October 11, 2017 by The Princess
6 Responses
on October 11, 2017 at 7:34 pm | Paula
Dear Princess Sassy, I feel so honored that you responded to my message
from your inspirational quote today. I love that you share your life
experiences and all of your wisdom. I will keep a copy of it in my daily
calendar and refer to it as needed. You touched my heart! Love and
Blessings, Paula
on October 11, 2017 at 5:06 pm | Anonymous
I found if i ignore the whispers they end up getting the message to me thru the animals in my world
on October 11, 2017 at 11:02 am | Fredda
I've come to know that most of the time if I put self aside and seek Him, my God whispers come through and are in my best interest!
[…] Source: Shhh…Listen to the whispers within. […]
on October 11, 2017 at 9:22 am | Paula
If only I would listen to the whispers, my path in life would be
more peaceful Princess Sassy, but I just continue taking
the wrong path. : (

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|Article Index
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New Websites within the UN System
United Nations Day - 24 October
English: http://www.un.org/en/events/unday/2011/
French: http://www.un.org/fr/events/unday/2011/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/events/unday/2011/
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday
UN Department of Public Information (DPI) – new website
English: http://www.un.org/en/hq/dpi
French: http://www.un.org/fr/hq/dpi/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/hq/dpi/
New, multilingual DPI website as news sources proliferate, stories "go viral" on social media and user-generated content spreads instantly around the world, public information and communication are ever more important to the United Nations. There are sections on news, top issues and priorities, campaigns, partnerships, engaging
with the public, sharing knowledge and on DPI's work with the media. You can read about our work with civil society and NGOs, academia, students and young people, the arts and entertainment world and celebrities. There's a "How To" section about visiting the UN and finding UN photos and documents.
UN in Focus No.10, October 2011:
"States seek agreement and action at UN General Assembly week"
This issue provides an overview of the Secretary-General's forthcoming priorities and many of the international meetings and events that took place during the 19-24 September high-level week of the opening of this year's General Assembly.
Earlier issues: http://archive.unric.org/en/unric-library/25960
Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia – official website
The Contact Group, or CGPCS, established 14 January 2009 pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolution 1851 (2008), is a voluntary, ad hoc international forum of approximately 70 countries, organizations and industry groups with a common interest in combating piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, and bringing to justice pirates and their financiers and facilitators. As the Contact Group does not have a standing secretariat, the Republic of Korea suggested the establishment of an official website during the 7th plenary session held in November 2010. The Contact Group website will serve as a cyber secretariat offering a sphere of communication for Contact Group participants; a database storing Contact Group documents and other piracy-related materials; and an information centre promoting the work of the Contact Group to the general public. The website will be jointly operated by the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States (Press release SC/10401-AFR/2257, 4 October 2011).
"The Global Reported Arms Trade" – new web platform
The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs launched on 18 October a ground-breaking web feature that provides increased transparency in the global arms trade. This web platform will make tracing the transfer of all arms imports and exports recorded in the UN Register of Conventional Arms user-friendly by presenting data in a searchable, easily accessible manner, providing a wealth of previously difficult-to-find information. This tool can be a valuable asset to an array of UN and Member State users, including Security Council arms embargo monitoring panels, which will be able to locate weaponry that was originally reported by the exporter. Information on military expenditures can also be collected. Anyone working on the nexus between security and development, security sector reform and transparency and corruption will benefit from this tool.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 31 August 2011 (DPI/1634/Rev.124, September 2011)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/bnote010101.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/bnotepkf.pdf
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: 31 August 2011 (DPI/2166/Rev.98, September 2011)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/pdf/ppbmf.pdf
2011 Afghan Opium Survey: Summary findings (UNODC)
Opium poppy-crop cultivation in Afghanistan reached 131,000 hectares in 2011, 7 per cent higher than in 2010, due to insecurity and high prices. Afghanistan suffers from one of the highest rates of opiate consumption in the world with a current prevalence rate of 2.65 per cent. In 2005, the prevalence rate of opiate use was 1.4 per cent. The country also faces an HIV epidemic among the country's injecting drug
2011 Global Study on Homicide: Trends, Contexts, Data (UNODC)
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its first Global Study on Homicide, which shows that young men, particularly in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Central and Southern Africa, are at greatest risk of falling victim to intentional homicide but that women are at greatest risk of murder owing to domestic violence. There is evidence of rising homicide rates in Central America and the Caribbean, which are "near crisis point", according to the Study.
Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals - MDG Report 2011 (UNDP)
English: http://www.beta.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/english/UNDP-ADFB-MDG_2011.pdf
French: http://www.beta.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/french/UNDP-ADFB-MDG-FR-2011.pdf
African countries should enhance the strength and resilience of their poor populations through targeted social safeguards. According to the report, national schemes, such as pensions, safety nets and school feeding programmes, can impact positively on several MDGs by addressing the immediate needs of the most vulnerable, providing them with labour market skills and safeguards against relapses into poverty.
Global Drylands: A UN system-wide response (UNEP)
Key findings: http://www.unemg.org/Portals/27/Documents/IMG/Land/Global-Dryland-BAT.pdf
Further information: http://www.unemg.org/MeetingsDocuments/IssueManagementGroups/land/GlobalDrylandsRelease/tabid/56338/Default.aspx
According to the report, increased investment in drylands, strengthened links between science and policy, and diversified livelihoods for communities to relieve pressure on natural resources are among the solutions to realize the potential of drylands. It sets out a common vision and agenda for UN-wide action on drylands management and the UN's role in addressing climate change and food security through a positive development and investment approach.
Global Employment Trends for Youth: 2011 Update - October 2011 (ILO)
One year later, with an environment of growing uncertainty in the economic recovery and recovery in the job market, the International Labour Organization (ILO) revisits youth labour market figures. Are prospects for youth employment better or worse than predicted? What has changed, where and why?
Global Tuberculosis Control 2011 (WHO)
Summary in French: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/fr/index.html
This 16th global report on tuberculosis (TB) provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 198 countries that account for over 99% of the world's TB cases.
Information Economy Report 2011: ICTs as an Enabler for Private Sector Development (UNCTAD)
Report in English, Summary in English, French & Spanish: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=15711&intItemID=6092&lang=1&mode=downloads
The Report shows that the potential of leveraging information and communication technologies (ICTs) to develop the private sector is far from fully exploited.It finds that many national and donor strategies related to PSD currently fail to take adequate account of the ICT potential, which has greatly expanded thanks to changes in the global ICT landscape. The Report then makes policy recommendations on how to remedy this situation.
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 (FAO)
English: http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/
French: http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/fr/
Spanish: http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/es/
The report highlights the differential impacts that the world food crisis of 2006-08 had on different countries, with the poorest being most affected. While some large countries were able to deal with the worst of the crisis, people in many small import-dependent countries experienced large price increases that, even when only temporary, can have permanent effects on their future earnings capacity and ability to escape poverty.
Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts (ILO / EC)
This publication is the outcome of a joint project of the European Commission and the International Labour Office. It contributes to promoting the advancement of employment, decent work and social cohesion in developing countries by assisting policy makers and social partners in anticipating and addressing the effects of trade reforms on employment.
World Resources Report 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate (UNDP / UNEP / World Bank / World Resources Institute)
WRR 2010-2011 is a major new resource to help developing country national-level officials make decisions that support communities and economic sectors to become more climate resilient. Based on input from more than 100 experts in 36 countries, the report offers strategies and innovative case studies to inform how to integrate climate change risks into national policies and planning.
YouthXchange Guidebook on Climate Change and Lifestyles (UNESCO / UNEP)
This new guidebook explores the links between climate change and lifestyles and helps young people consider the actions they might take towards more sustainable lifestyles. Aimed at young people (15-24 year olds) and people working with young people such as educators, teachers, trainers and youth leaders in both developed and developing countries, this guidebook provides scientific, political, economic, social, ethical and cultural perspectives on climate change.
Children and Justice During and in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict
Children's access to justice in conflict and post conflict situations is the focus of this UN publication launched in September 2011 during the session of the UN Human Rights Council. Produced by the office of the UN Special Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, the working paper examines how children who have suffered grave violations during armed conflict can access justice and how the current system deals with child victims and witnesses. It also explores the responsibility of children who were associated with armed forces and have committed violations during armed conflicts.
International Year for People of African Descent 2011 - Electronic toolkit
On 18 December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year beginning on 1 January 2011 the International Year for People of African Descent. The Year aims at strengthening national action and regional and international cooperation for the benefit of people of African descent. An electronic toolkit was designed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in order to assist its staff around the world tackle issues related to the situation of people of African descent, during the International Year and beyond.
Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody (UNAMA)
A new United Nations report released on 10 October 2011 cites evidence of the "systematic" torture and mistreatment of detainees in Afghan detention facilities, including of children, and provides recommendations which it hopes will spur the necessary reforms. The report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is the result of extensive interviews from October 2010 to August 2011 of 379 pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners at 47 facilities of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Afghan National Police (ANP) in 22 provinces.
UNODC Human Trafficking Case Law Database
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has developed a human trafficking case law database to provide immediate, public access to officially documented instances of this crime. The database contains details on victims' and perpetrators' nationalities, trafficking routes, verdicts and other information related to prosecuted cases from across the world. In doing so, it provides not only mere statistics on numbers of prosecutions and convictions, but also the real-life stories of trafficked persons as documented by the courts. The database aims to assist judges, prosecutors, policy-makers, media researchers and other interested parties by making available details of real cases with examples of how the respective national laws in place can be used to prosecute human trafficking. At its launch, more than 150 selected cases from over 30 countries and two regional courts have been uploaded, with an additional 100 cases from over a dozen states to be added in the coming months.
Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, First Half 2011 (UNHCR)
Industrialized countries saw a 17 per cent increase in asylum applications in the first half of this year. The report shows that 198,300 asylum applications were lodged in the period between January 1 and June 30, compared to 169,300 in the same period in 2010.
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011: Revealing Risk, Redefining Development ((ISDR)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2011/en/home/download.html
The Report is the second biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction prepared in the context of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
Safety and security for national humanitarian workers: Annex I to "To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments" (OCHA)
Despite overall improvements in aid agencies' security risk management, national aid workers perceive continued inequities in security support compared with their international counterparts. National aid workers, while less subject to major attacks per capita than international aid workers, nevertheless form the majority of victims, and their security needs require attention.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
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I had a very interesting discussion regarding Aristotlean Drama, Linear Programming and Transactional Analysis today and it lead me to reevaluate my own thoughts on these concepts.
First I reevaluated my thoughts on States:
Aristotlean Drama is simple because it only involves the state of one character following a linear path.
However, when you begin to think about the outcomes for two characters the dynamic becomes tabular which brings us to game theory and the famous prisoner's dilemma and game theory payoff matrixes:
However, it immediately becomes apparent that the Prisoner's Dilemma does not account for all of the States.
Here we have the States of Transactional Analysis, however this state model is not complete either.
Even with a pentad the States are incomplete. This is where my epiphany came in. There has to be a begin state and an end state.
Now with a heptad, we have all seven States and a complete tabular model.
However, we are learning tabular models are not adequate. We are learning network models are necessary. And network models require an alternate portrayal.
Here we have a network presentation of the seven States. And each of these States have seven states of their own. There is no magic here. The correlation to the week I do not think is coincidental, but cultural, however I do not think that astronomical phenomena have any causation.
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Ah, elected representatives, where would we be without you and your endless hearings?
Today's hearing of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet gathered Mark Cuban, Blake Krikorian of Sling Media, Chad Hurley of YouTube, and Tom Rogers of TiVo for a discussion about "The Future of Video." Sounds interesting, no? Sadly, the most interesting bit of information gleaned from the hearing was that Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) has an iPod, and that it "holds the kind of music not normally heard enough on the airwaves: classical music." We did learn a few other things: YouTube's founder sees the company as a force for democracy, Mark Cuban thinks bandwidth will make network neutrality irrelevant, and CableCARDs may not solve all the problems they're supposed to solve.
After hearing from the various representatives, who waxed eloquent about new services like "Joust" (Joost), the panel members gave a series of eight-minute presentations. Several of them were essentially sales pitches for a company's products (the lengthy MediaFLO video, in particular, was a minutes-long marketing pitch), with Krikorian even telling the august group of representatives that they should all buy a Slingbox. Ed Markey (D-MA), who oversaw the hearing, had kind words for everyone: Mark Cuban was a "revolutionary," Phil Rosenthal of Everybody Loves Raymond infamy was a "creative genius," and TiVo has "revolutionized my life."
YouTube, which has not apparently revolutionized Markey's life yet, has big plans to revolutionize the world political scene, according to founder Chad Hurley. "I hope I don't mess this up," he told the committee at the start of his testimony, "because if I do it could end up on YouTube." Cue the laughter.
After showing a cute bit of user-generated footage from the site, Hurley laid out YouTube's three main goals: to promote community, advance democracy, and create economic growth. Wait, what's that about "democracy"?
His company wants to "create the world's largest town hall," Hurley said, where everyone in the world has equal opportunity to be heard. YouTube isn't just a good way to share Daily Show clips and motorcycle wipeout footage, it's also a great forum for the free exchange of ideas. It's an interesting argument—YouTube as defender of democracy— and it presents a positive vision of the company at odds with one that the representatives have been getting from content owners (one of the first questions to Hurley was about why he didn't proactively remove copyrighted content).
Who needs network neutrality?
Cuban, who loves to play the contrarian, wasn't there to talk about his own companies but to argue that it's "no longer the case at all technology improves with age." Now that the consumer Internet has matured, Cuban argues that it needs significant investment in last-mile infrastructure, specifically fiber, and he encouraged the subcommittee to do anything it could to help this happen.
While the Internet's fiber backbone is in no danger of running out of capacity, last-mile bottlenecks (especially through twisted-pair wiring) make the system "pretty weak" for transmitting video. Even peer-to-peer networks, sometimes pitched as a solution to the problem, simply spread distribution from the center of the network, where bandwidth is available, to the edges, where bandwidth is constrained. Cuban was essentially making an extended argument for laying fiber everywhere.
With fiber connections in place, the network neutrality issue simply disappears, he believes. It "goes away completely as bandwidth constraints go away," he said, likening the system to a highway. If the highway has 1,000 lanes, there's no need for special HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes or other expressways, as there's plenty of room for everyone to move at top speed.
TiVo: Cable industry threatens CableCARD standard
For Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, the hearing was like coming home, as Rogers served as chief counsel to the same committee for many years back in the 80s. After talking about where TiVo was today, Rogers told the committee that his main worry was CableCARDs.
CableCARD was supposed to free consumers from the cable company's set-top box, allowing them to plug the small card into any device they wanted (set-top box, TiVo, television, etc.) and to decode encrypted digital cable streams. This is essential for TiVo, which would otherwise be at the mercy of the cable companies. TiVo has done battle with the cable industry many times, urging the FCC to stand strong on its CableCARD support.
Over industry objections, the FCC has mandated an integration ban that will go into effect this summer and will prohibit cable companies from offering set-top boxes with integrated security. Essentially, everyone will be on a level playing field because everyone will need to use a CableCARD.
From TiVo's perspective, that means the problem is solved, and the company can continue to build innovative products without requiring permission from the various cable operators. But Rogers told the committee today that TiVo was facing a new threat that would make CableCARDs useless: the deployment of switched digital signals from cable operators. These two-way signals are incompatible with one-way CableCARDs, and Rogers made the point in both his testimony and in questions afterward that his company absolutely needed access to video signals to survive. He didn't call for any specific action, instead telling the committee that the cable industry has promised to work out a solution to the current problem.
Overall, the event was a bit scattershot, covering everything from HD television to intellectual property issues to CableCARDs. But at least the House is willing to educate itself by hearing from consumer darlings like TiVo, YouTube, and Sling, not just the content owners who have attempted to shut them down.


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Missouri Wind Farms
Heather Berry
From King City north to Conception and west to Rock Port, the horizon has changed a great deal over the past few years. Now, dotting the skyline and standing 260 feet in the air, white Suzlon S88 turbines are sentinals of the sky, gently whirring and doing what they do best — harnessing the wind to produce power in one of the windiest parts of our state.
The three commercial wind farms in northwest Missouri are joint ventures between John Deere Wind Energy and the Wind Capital Group of St. Louis. Associated Electric Cooperative, located in Springfield, buys the power produced to supply wholesale power to electric cooperatives in Missouri and parts of Iowa and Oklahoma.
The wind turbines pictured on the cover and at left are located on the outskirts of Rock Port and can easily be seen from every direction. They are only three of 75 wind turbines that are part of the commercial wind farms producing power in Missouri.
The turbines each generate a maximum of 2.1 megawatts of power. Associated has contracted to purchase all the power from the projects.
To drive by these wind farms, you'll need to head northwest to Gentry, Nodaway and Atchison counties. As you near King City on Highway 169, you can't miss the tall, white turbines along the roadways. Continue on Highway 136 to the Conception wind farm, then on west to Rock Port to see turbines whirring above fields. Please note the turbines are located on private property and should only be viewed from the roads.
For more information on Missouri's wind farms, log on to the Wind Capital Group Web site at www.windcapitalgroup.com. The site has a form for interested landowners.


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Close to home: Pointed melodies mirror tales
Greasy Beans
At Prism Coffeehouse
Saturday, April 12
I've always wondered about those mega-clubs on Ibiza, where tourists go to thump under suds and colored lights. Even the arena rock spectacles here, a la Spinal Tap... the band's weary buRst into stadium roar, from fiberglass pupae..
O, the humanity.
I'm glad we Charlottesvillians veer toward the smaller scale.
Saturday night, sitting in the close quarters of the Prism Coffeehouse, I felt the warmth of the stage lights; from my seat, near the sound booth, I could still see the guitar/banjo/upright bass/mandolin strings vibrate, and even the sweat bead on the musician's brows.
As I clocked the expressions of Danny Barnes and the Greasy Beans, my heart curled for their Woody Guthrie-type fictions, a mash of two-dollar bills, train cars, pretty gals, green hills, Missouri mud, and biscuits and gravy.
Barnes received his first press over his raucous, hard-to-classify group The Bad Livers. Younger crowds loved the Austin band– they basted folk, rock, and even punk classics in a strange marinade of bluegrass improv.
Later, on his own, Barnes continued to compose and collaborate, moving to the West Coast to play with musicians as diverse as Jello Biafra and Bill Frisell. In addition to his notoriously good nature, he is known and revered for his sound: quirky, pointed melodies on the banjo that run parallel to the melodies of his tales... or his scatting (he suffixes those syllables with -eaow, in a voice that mimics the instrument's twang).
The Greasy Beans are old friends of Danny, and big proponents of old mountain bluegrass. With Barnes on the 'jo, all involved parties maintained equal standing, crowding around the mic on numbers like "Galax" and "Billy the Kid." The mandolin player, the youngest of the bunch, violently strummed out some kickin' solos.
Before the encore, the boys closed with an odd bit of free-grass jazz, written by Bill Frisell; the discordant notes repeatedly jammed into resolution, then slammed into reverse. I loved it.
Barnes' new album, on Terminus Records, is expected out later in the summer; I hope he'll be back before too long. Downloadable mp3s and more information are available on their relevant websites: dannybarnes.com, and greasybeans.com.
The Prism has some great concerts closing out this season, including the internationally known cellist Matt Haimovitz. Visit theprism.org for a calendar of events. It's nice to witness talent this close to home.


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Last week I commented that scholars of intolerance tell us that feeling threatened often leads to hate. That's one reason the economic threat to some American workers matters to all of us.
Trump is clearly working with the free marketeers. The free market is not about your, or workers' rights; it's about your boss's or your company's right to close your plant, move, lower your wages, reject your union, or just skip protecting your safety.
Trump makes different noises when talking about your jobs and when writing rules and hiring his cabinet. But his Republican Senate will insist on a free market, and Trump is counting on it.
Trump told us he wants to eliminate 75% of regulations. Those regulations protect employees and consumers; in other words, you and me. They protect our wages, require safer working conditions, ban poisons from our food and water and require companies to give us what we paid for. That's how Trump shows us his true colors.
Obama saved thousands of jobs by saving American auto makers and growing the economy by hundreds of thousands of jobs per month – but gets no credit. Trump may have saved a few hundred but people think he takes action. With victories like that we can all starve.
Trump's focus on the optics of small victories keeps us looking the wrong way. U.S. factory output is growing. But the jobs have changed. Missing are factory jobs for poorly educated people. I don't say that out of disrespect. My Uncle Hershel, a truly lovely man, was a factory worker. I remember him sitting by my bed when I was ill. What I'm talking about is how to get good jobs for people like him. If we expect jobs to show up the same way they did a century ago, we're whistling in the wind. If we think Trump can trump marketplace change by jawboning a few companies, we're spitting in the wind. He doesn't have the time or tax cuts to do it that way.
Central New York was once a manufacturing powerhouse. What's left are mostly small towns far from traditional jobs. Yet one can now work thousands of miles from where things have to be made or done. We could be linked in to the world IF we invested in and rebuilt the economy, instead of jawboning the owners of obsolete factories.
And education must be available and affordable for everyone who wants a good job. Education sounds like elitism to many workers. But what made America an economic powerhouse was our system of mass education. And that's part of why those who think we can go back to a prior era of American greatness are spitting in the wind – the rest of the world has caught up. To provide jobs, we need to provide retraining for mid-career workers on top of excellent schools, pre-school and after-school programs – all of which provide jobs.
Yes education will have to change. I'm a dinosaur, standing up in front of a class of students, even though the alternatives, so far, are not working very well. But when people figure out better methods, education will take off again – here or elsewhere. That's where we need evidence-based experimentation – science. We rely on science from morning till night for the things we touch and use. Denying science is the height of idiocy, not a mark of greatness.
Trump yells about foreigners and markets. It's our job to address reality.
— This commentary was broadcast on WAMC Northeast Report, March 14, 2017.


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If you've ever worked on a print design, used Photoshop or any other such program for manipulating raster images, you've surely come across the terms DPI (dots per inch) and/or PPI (pixels per inch). Chances are, you've also received some confusing DPI/PPI-related requests from clients who don't understand what these terms mean.
Before you start griping, though, pause and ask: how well do you yourself know your way around these terms?
There's no shame in feeling lost on the DPI/PPI subject; the world seems to have conspired to make it as confusing as humanly imaginable. Among other reasons, this is largely a result of people (and some software manufacturers) using the two terms interchangeably when in fact they refer to completely different things. Not to worry, though: by the end of this short article you will have a thorough understanding of these terms and should feel comfortable enough to enlighten your future clients.
Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
We'll start here because, if you're a designer, your primary concern is going to be PPI. DPI, which we'll discuss next, refers to a technical aspect of printing devices that doesn't directly concern you — it's the print shop's domain. Now, that being said, people say "DPI" when they really mean "PPI" all the time — so much so that it has become an established convention that you have to put up with (Apple, Microsoft and Adobe have all been guilty of this improper usage). The important thing is to be able to know whether someone is referring to actual DPI or really means PPI. Read on and you will.
PPI's digital basis
First off, what is a pixel? It seems rudimentary but for many the confusion begins here. Pixel stands for "picture element". It's the smallest physical element of a digital display device that the eye can discern. Zoom in close to the photo on your computer screen and you'll see them: rows and rows of tiny little squares. As such, they are also the smallest addressable unit of a digital image.
Application: PistoCasero (via flickr)
In fact, pixels are actually made up of "sub-pixels" — red, green and blue light elements that the human eye cannot see because additive color processing blends them into a single hue which appears on the pixel level – but this fact is not directly relevant to designers.
Confusion point: Regrettably, some manufacturers refer to these sub-pixels as "dots" because they are (roughly) analogous to the CMYK dots of a printer, which function in a similar way but by subtractive color processing (more on this later). These manufacturers then boast of the "DPI" of their screens. If you see this, ignore it! It is an annoying misuse of terms and probably an attempt to overcharge you.
Video screen: BruceTurner (via flickr); iPad 4: citoki0815 (via flickr)
Note that pixels are physical things of a fixed size (albeit not a standard one; different devices have pixels of different shapes and sizes, the smallest known being a microscopic 11¼ μm). Hence, the number of pixels per inch (PPI) on your screen is a fixed quantity — not something you can adjust by typing in a new number somewhere. Most LCD monitors are in the neighborhood of 67 – 130ppi.
Diagram: Wikipedia
What does this mean? If you're only going to look at an image on a screen, its PPI doesn't matter because the PPI of your monitor is already fixed. So next time someone tells you to upload images to a website at 72ppi because that is "web resolution," you can tell them that they have simply added a ridiculous extra step. Unless they are concerned with visitors taking the images from the website and then printing them, the PPI doesn't matter. A 72ppi image and a 3,000ppi image will appear exactly the same on screen.
What you need to understand: PPI and a printed target
So we've established this much: setting PPI only matters for printing — the transfer of a digital image onto a non-digital surface. "But wait…" you say, "we're talking pixels per inch but printing paper doesn't have pixels!" Yep, it's confusing. Read on.
In the printing process, all the physical pixels that composed the image on screen are translated into little squares of different hues on paper. Obviously these are not pixels in the sense of the light-emitting mechanical device but "pixels" in the more abstract sense of a square picture element (we'll use quotes around this abstract usage from now on to help keep things clear).
Print: Укларочить (via flickr)
What does this mean? "Pixels" on paper have no fixed size. If you increase the size of your image by 300%, the "pixels" on the paper will become three times as large, resulting in a bigger but more rough-looking image.
And how do you increase or decrease print-out size in this way? By adjusting the number in the PPI (or, depending on your software, DPI) field.
Suppose you have a 300 x 300 pixel image. If you set the PPI to 10, this is going to make the print out relatively large: at 10 pixels per inch, it will be 30 x 30 inches (300 divided by 10 is 30). If you set the PPI to 300, this is going to make the print out relatively small: at 300 pixels per inch, it will by 1 x 1 inches (300 divided by 300 is 1). Make sense?
Takeway: think of the PPI input as a way to adjust the physical size, not the resolution, of the eventual print-out.
Decreasing the PPI, thus increasing the size of the printout, may seem to produce a lower quality image because the pixels are larger and more visible. But remember, this is only a relative gauge of quality; if you were to stand further away, the image would appear as clear as it did before. The absolute resolution of the image has not changed; there are still as many "pixels" relative to the picture as there were before. So the way to increase the resolution of an image is to produce an image with more pixels, not increase the PPI.
Note: simply re-sampling an image at a higher number of pixels (inputting a new number into the pixels field after the image is already made) is generally not a great way to go about increasing quality, because the computer will likely cram the image full of pixels in weird places.
Billboard: Friction NYC (via flickr)
Looking at this billboard close up, the pixelation is obvious (so are dots, which we will discuss in a minute). But at the distance from which most passersby will see it, it will look crystal clear.
Dots Per Inch (DPI)
This section is going to be shorter because if you're a designer, DPI barely concerns you. Still, it's an important concept to understand.
Diagrams: Wikipedia
Printers do not reproduce an image by tiling pixel squares directly on top of one another. Rather, they reproduce an image by spitting out tiny dots consisting of a mix of four colors, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black), which combine to create a range of hues by the subtractive color model. There is bound to be some space between these dots, and this is what DPI measures: their density.
Print: Nick Sherman (via flickr)
For example, if you are printing a 150ppi image at 600dpi, each "pixel" will consist of 16 dots (600 dots/150 "pixels" = 4 rows of 4 dots per "pixel").
This matters to the client because, as a rule of thumb, the higher the DPI, the better the image's tonality and the smoother its color blending will be (it will also use more ink and take longer to print, so keep that in mind for personal home printing). 150dpi is generally considered the minimum standard for high quality photographic reproduction in books and magazines. Newspapers often use 85dpi and the effect is clear: individual dots are visible and some detail is lost. Billboards go as low as 45dpi, but you can't tell because you're typically viewing from very far away. Typical dot matrix printers are capable for 60 – 90dpi, inkjet printers 300 – 600dpi, and laser printers 600 – 1,800dpi.
Note: higher dpi does not necessarily equate to higher quality because there is no standard dot size or shape, meaning that one manufacturer's dots might look as good at 1200dpi as another manufacturer's dots do at 700dpi. Anyway, that's not really your problem.
Takeaway: DPI is just a technical aspect of an individual printer, like the pixel resolution of your computer monitor. As a designer, you have no control over this. All you can do is recommend your client to a professional print shop and have the shop, which will know the specifications of its machines, take over from there.
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Still, Intel says that it is committed to delivering the processor and will divulge plans for software development samples and tools next year.
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The Tri-Towns of Dacono, Firestone and Frederick are centrally located between the Denver metro area and Northern Colorado with convenient access to both I-25 and E470. The Tri-Towns have a history of working together and are now developing formal plans for the region. Together, the three communities are recognized for diverse activities, strong heritage and growing opportunities.
A growing community with a friendly, small-town atmosphere, the City of Dacono offers affordable housing in a variety of styles and prices. Residents enjoy panoramic views of the Front Range and a short driving distance to many outdoor recreational activities in the Rocky Mountains.
Dacono has two highly-rated public school districts: Ft. Lupton School District and St. Vrain Valley School District. Area schools are known for low student to teacher ratios and offer comprehensive curricula that provide outstanding educational opportunities.
Dacono hosts the Carbon Valley Music Festival that features a line-up of talented local and regional musicians as well as food, crafts and a spectacular fireworks show.
Dacono is also home to Colorado National Speedway, a NASCAR sanctioned 3/8ths mile paved oval track.
In the last decade, the Town of Firestone has been the fastest-growing municipality in Colorado. Although residents enjoy low taxes, Firestone has excellent public services and a high-quality school system. Firestone, striving to be the best small town in the USA, takes pride in its 4th of July festivities, the town's signature event.
The town has many trails and recreational areas, including Central Park, a 270 acre civic complex. Firestone is home to St. Vrain State Park, a peaceful and simple outdoor escape.
The Town of Frederick has experienced dynamic growth in recent years and expects that growth to continue. The population stands at approximately 12,000 residents, with a projected growth to 60,000 – 80,000 residents within 30 years. Although many residents commute to nearby employment and educational centers in Denver and Boulder, Frederick possesses a diverse and growing mix of its own employers with over 2,000 primary jobs in many fields, from renewable energy to healthcare to manufacturing and more.
The Town of Frederick can be characterized as a young, family-oriented community with an average resident age of 31 and household size of 2.9. The town holds 645 acres of parks and recreational open spaces.
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History of Dacono, Colorado
The town of Dacono began as a small coal mining and agricultural community that grew as a result of the railroad running a line through town. The name Dacono was created by the town's co-founder, Charles Lockhard Baum, who used the first two letters of three significant women in his life: his wife, Daisy, and two other women (Dacono residents) Cora and Nora. The town was incorporated in 1908.
Many of Dacono's first settlers were European immigrants from Italy, Greece, France and Bulgaria that came to Colorado to work in the coal mines. Dacono's farmers grew everything from wheat and grains to sugar beets, potatoes and corn.
The coal mining business in Dacono declined in the 1970s when natural gas was discovered and replaced coal. In recent years, Dacono has seen a rise in population with its affordable housing, proximity to Denver, and friendly, small town atmosphere.
History of Firestone, Colorado
Firestone, Colorado was named for local landholder, Jacob Firestone, and was incorporated in 1908. Little is known about Firestone's roots, but the town likely began as an agricultural and coal mining community like neighboring Dacono and Frederick.
In the last decade, Firestone has experienced a significant rate of growth in both residential and commercial development. The town expects growth to continue with its prime location off I-25 as well as the town's stable, safe and welcoming environment.
History of Frederick, Colorado
The Town of Frederick, named for one of the original landowners, Frederick Clark, began as a coal mining town with only a few hundred residents. Incorporated in 1907, immigrants from France, Greece, Italy, Turkey and Latin America came to Frederick for coal mining opportunities.
The coal mining business declined in the 1970s when natural gas was discovered and replaced coal. During the last few years, Frederick has seen a dramatic increase in population.
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Nobel Prize winner once had poor science grades
LONDON -- Teacher knows best?
That doesn't appear to be the case for one teacher who called a future Nobel Prize winner's dreams of becoming a scientist "quite ridiculous" in a scathing report card.
John Gurdon's future success was almost nipped in the bud in 1949 when a schoolmaster at elite Eton College wrote on his report card that pursuing science would be a waste of time.
"His work has been far from satisfactory," the teacher wrote. "If he can't learn simple biological facts he would have no chance of doing the work of a specialist, and it would be sheer waste of time, both on his part, and of those who have to teach him."
The teacher said that the teenaged Gurdon had gotten into trouble several times and didn't listen.
The scientific community could argue it's a good thing he didn't.
After starting out studying classics at Oxford, Gurdon switched to zoology. In 1962, he showed that the DNA from specialized cells of frogs, like skin or intestinal cells, could be used to generate new tadpoles -- a breakthrough rewarded Monday with the Nobel Prize for Medicine, which he shared with Japan's Shinya Yamanaka.
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Lettier was being arraigned on two counts of aggravated battery for threatening a Boone County Animal Control employee.
According to the Feb. 28 bill of indictment, Lettier "made contact of an insulting or provoking nature when she grabbed (the animal control employee) by the arm," which was alleged behavior for the first count, and, in the second count, "caused bodily harm to (the employee) when she pulled (her) hair."
Kathy Mehalko wore a "help fight puppy mills" t-shirt, and some of her companions carried signs that said "ban puppy mills" and "stop puppy mills."
"We decided to gather together … and come be a voice for the voiceless," said Mehalko, who, along with several of her companions, plan to petition the Boone County Board within the next month for an ordinance similar to the one approved recently in Chicago.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago pet stores, beginning next March, cannot sell dogs, cats or rabbits gotten from large-scale breeding operations that critics label "puppy mills."
Lettier could not be reached for comment.
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Philipp Plein's Runway Disaster: Menswear designer Philipp Plein presented his latest collection in Milan yesterday to much controversy, with many critics are slamming the presentation for being insensitive. Plein's models were outfitted with machine guns, ski masks, and teddy bears, evoking the recent terrors encountered in Newtown, Connecticut. [Fashionista]
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Just got back from a whirlwind trip to NYC for Teen Book Fest, (where my speaking engagement didn't exactly go as planned) then Portland, Maine for the Chidlren's Film Festival (where my speaking engagement went better than planned). But both trips were full of unexpected book & movie-related delights along the way.
Delight #1 – A visit with my publisher. Once again, my lovely editor, Alexandra Cooper, gave me the official Simon & Schuster tour, where I got to meet all of the people in Sales, Marketing, and Publicity who are working hard to make REUNITED a success (presumably, they're publishing other titles, too).
Delight #2 – Authors & BBQ – Though our Teen Author Fest event didn't exactly go as planned (insert loud throat-clearing here) I did get to enjoy a wonderful lunch with a gang of great authors including: Leanna Renee Hieber (author of DARKER STILL), Lauren McLaughlin (author of SCORED and the CYCLER series), Kody Keplinger (author of THE DUFF and SHUT OUT), PG Kain, (author of the COMMERCIAL BREAKS series) and Gwendolyn Heasley (author of WHERE I BELONG and the forthcoming A LONG WAY FROM YOU). A definite highlight of my trip!
Delight #3 – While in the East Village with my friend Chuck, we walked by the inspiring & hilarious Janeane Garofalo, who was rocking red leggings and combat boots, like a total bad-ass. No photo, but you get the picture.
Delight #4 – In Portland, ME we always stay with my sister & her family. Recently, my eight-year-old niece created her own in-house library, complete with official library cards, a reference section, and a wide selection of books and videos available for loan. A family library card cost 35 cents. Also, there's a tip jar.
Delight #5 – This is me, leading a filmmaking workshop at the Children's Film Fest in Portland, ME. Great kids, well-attended, and I was sooooo happy to see so many girls interested in making movies!
Delight #6 – Kirsten Cappy of Curious City is also based out of Portland, ME and we spent the afternoon eating sushi & scheming with the uber-cool librarian and all-around Renaissance man Michael Whitaker. You can see some of our plans for REUNITED here: http://curiouscitydpw.com/2012/03/28/fictional-band-at-your-library/


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A saganaki is a traditional two-handled skillet in which Greeks serve aromatic one-pot dishes, typically topped with cheese. This recipe is a play on the classic shrimp and feta saganaki, to which I have added millet for a deliciously satisfying meal, finished with a dash of ouzo to infuse the shrimp with its distinctive anise flavor. A Dutch oven doubles beautifully as a serving vessel, or transfer the cooked millet to a shallow serving bowl and top the ouzo-infused shrimp.
- Yield
- Serves 4
- Millet
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 3/4 cup millet
- 1 bay leaf
- Pinch of fine sea salt
- Saganaki
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion (about 1 small)
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and slightly crushed
- 1 small hot green chile, minced (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes, crushed in a bowl
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup green pimiento-stuffed olives, halved if large
- 4 ounces coarsely crumbled Greek feta cheese (about 1 cup), preferably sheep's milk
- Shrimp, and to finish
- 1 pound jumbo shell-on shrimp, deveined and patted dry
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup ouzo, or other anise-flavored liqueur
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 To prepare the millet, bring the water, millet, bay leaf, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Decrease the heat to maintain a simmer, cover, and cook until the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes. Uncover, remove the bay leaf, and set aside to cool.
- 2 Meanwhile, make the saganaki. Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat until it shimmers. Add the onion, garlic, chile, and salt; cook, stirring frequently, until the onion softens and turns light golden, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until it darkens, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes with their juices and the pepper; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Decrease the heat to maintain a light boil and cook, uncovered, for 3 minutes.
- 3 Stir in the millet and green olives. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust (keeping in mind that olives and feta cheese can be quite salty). Remove the pot from the heat, sprinkle with the feta, and cover to allow the cheese to soften.
- 4 To prepare the shrimp, season them with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over high heat until it shimmers. Add the shrimp. Cook, undisturbed, until the shrimp turn golden, 1 to 2 minutes, and then flip them with a spatula and cook until they are just opaque throughout, 1 to 2 more minutes, depending on the size. Add the ouzo and cook until syrupy, about 30 seconds. Using a spatula, briskly remove the shrimp from the pan and arrange on top of the millet. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve at once.
Reprinted with permission from Ancient Grains for Modern Meals: Mediterranean Whole Grain Recipes for Barley, Farro, Kamut, Polenta, Wheat Berries & More by Maria Speck. Text copyright © 2011 by Maria Speck; photographs copyright © 2011 by Sara Remington. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
Maria Speck grew up in Greece and Germany before moving to the United States as a young adult. She is a writer and journalist, and has contributed to Gourmet, Saveur, and Gastronomica, as well as Marie Claire and Elle. Her popular cooking classes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focus on the flavors and cooking styles of the Mediterranean and on creating innovative and delicious meals with whole grains.


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Check out reviews left by other students or leave your own review. You could win a free scholarship.Add your Review
Michael from Scottsburg, IN
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has not been to campus.
1 of 6
Categories Comments In three sentences
I have only been read about the school online. And what I have heard by word of mouth. but this school is amazing.
Ashley from Colorado Springs, CO
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 of 6
Categories Comments What to do for fun
depends on your interests. sports and music is a big part of the school
Food and Dining
Love the cafe. very peaceful and relaxing. However, it also helps that the people at the college are so kind and welcoming. You can watch movies, chill and play music, or just grab and coffee and chat with friends.
Academic Rigor
It is challenging but also practical. I am learning and retaining. whereas with other institutions, all I can do is cram and hope it sticks.
Tips for prospective students
Be patient with the registration day. It can be quite overwhelming and confusing but once you are done, its a breeze. Be serious about your MAP program, because if you aren't you won't make it.
In three sentences
Saint Louis Christian College, is an institution that is well rounded in not only its academics but also its spiritual emphasis. They have found a way to bring a medium of holistic ministries when it comes to educating prospects for future careers. They give practical knowledge along with biblical knowledge.
Nathan from Litchfield, IL
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
Very safe but we also live in inner Saint Louis so it can be unsafe at times.
Greek Life
Bang for the buck
At the school there is a tuition-paid scholarship, that the requirement is living on campus and take minimum of 12 credit hours.
What to do for fun
I play soccer, and ultimate frisbee for the school, but I also enjoy video games, and reading about World War II
Food and Dining
Previously had a professional cook but this upcoming year is still a mystery.
Dorm Life
Great dorm life, well easily find friends and have great discussions on God.
Academic Rigor
The school is on a 4.0 scale with a tough grading scale because that want to send smart people to the working field of God.
Tips for prospective students
Students that might attend will have a culture shock if they aren't use to the inner city or big city feel.
In three sentences
This is a great school to come and learn about God's Word and what he has in store for you. They try there hardest to teach as well as preach the bible to each student and share there struggles they faced in college. This campus is a very tight group with many different backgrounds and makes for a great college experience.
Jacqueline from Saint Louis, MO
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments Bang for the buck
I have met a lot of great people that i have become close to. I believe i will stay in contact with even after i finish my education at SLCC
Food and Dining
I live off-campus and the Cafe we have is awesome. There have been times I've eaten in the cafateria and the food great as well.
Academic Rigor
Some classes will seem harder because it is stretching you out of you comfort zone. It's okay just breathe and relax and it will turn out great.
Tips for prospective students
NO matter how silly or dumb the question may seem to you: ASk anyway. You will be glad you did.
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I rate SLCC at 10. From the beginning to now I have receiving exceptional assistance from the staff and professional. Even when I was struggling with an assignment or class itself the professor would take time with me as well as simplify instructions so i could understand where difficulty was so i could overcome obstacle and succeed.
Kyle from Banner Elk, NC
Reviewer is A current student here.
1 out of 1 people found this review useful. 5 of 6
Categories Comments Great for these types of students
Come here if you want to go into mission or if you want to get solid Bible support before going on to another school.
Tips for prospective students
Come here with a humble spirit, and don't come thinking that you know everything. Make sure that you are willing to learn, because if you don't then you won't learn. Also throw yourselves out there, don't be afraid to try new things.
Bang for the buck
While SLCC is a great school, there are other places with nicer facilities.
Am enjoying being here
I have made tons of friends here, and I definitely won't ever forget any of them once I'm graduated.
Am learning a lot
As a current student I know that I am being challenged, and I know that this school definitely wants you to succeed. The college teachers you a lot about yourself and the spiritual aspect of your spiritual walk.
Stephanie from Florissant, MO
Reviewer is A current student here.
0 out of 3 people found this review useful. 1 person found this inaccurate. 6 of 6
Categories Comments Great for these types of students
If you are %100 sure that you absolutely want to be in ministry, SLCC might be a decent choice. Make sure you have good connections with the school and brown nose the staff and follow every single rule impeccably.
Tips for prospective students
If you really want to go to Bible college, don't go to this one. If you are %100 sure that you absolutely want to be in ministry, SLCC might be a decent choice. Make sure you have good connections with the school and brown nose the staff and follow every single rule impeccably.
Bang for the buck
Every student who lives on campus receives free tuition, but there is little to no technical services, the food is terrible, and there is NOTHING to do on campus.
Am enjoying being here
There are very few services offered and the extremely small campus atmosphere makes a poisonous environment for rumors and favoritism. Plus, there is nothing to do on campus and it's located in a really bad neighborhood.
Am learning a lot
The Bible courses are great and extensive, but everything else seems to be glazed over. The only decent field of study here is ministry.


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